Well, hey, folks!  This is a big week!  It is the anniversary of my first podcast a year ago.  So exciting!  I can’t believe I have done 48 episodes – at the start, I couldn’t imagine doing the first four, and now I am done 12 times that!  I know many of you feel like we are old friends at this point, but for the people who are new, I want to tell you how this all came to be.  As most of you know, I am a radiation oncologist, and I have been in practice for more than 20 years.  About 5 years ago, I was struggling in my life.  After having years of fertility treatments, and then ultimately, 4 kids, I was slowly gaining weight.  I thought this was from not exercising and really loving food.  I was fighting with my kids, and always irritated with my spouse.  I was feeling burnt out at work.  I blamed most of this on being too busy and feeling sluggish from my weight.  I knew I needed a change, but...

You are listening to Best Life After Cancer, Episode Number 38. This week we are talking about PTSD. I want to remind you that I am a doctor, but not your doctor, so run all medical issues by your primary team. If you are in crisis, and thinking about harming yourself, please call 911 or reach out to national suicide prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

Hey, friends. Hope you are well. I am typing this going into Valentine’s Weekend. We are not really people who make a big deal of this. My husband and I don’t do a gift exchange or anything, but do plan a dinner together sometime close to the day (usually not on actual Valentine’s day – too crowded and limited menus and other things that make it less fun). On the actual day, we usually have some sort of fun dinner as a family with as many heart things as I can add – this year I found red heart shaped ravioli at Costco that I know my kids will love, chocolate covered strawberries, and more fun treats. I...